THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

“The Fourth Noble Truth” takes place within a Buddhist milieu. So we thought a brief explanation of Buddhism might be helpful.

The Buddha did not set out to establish a religion. His goal was simply to show people how to be happy. His method for this was to teach the Four Noble Truths.

The First Noble Truth

is that life is full of psychic suffering, such as stress, angst, discontent, and unhappiness.

The Second Noble Truth

is that the cause of this suffering is desire. Not the fleeting kind, but a clinging or attachment for things like material possessions, people, and validation.

The Third Noble Truth

is that if you end these fixations, you will stop suffering.

The Fourth Noble Truth

is that you end suffering by walking the Eightfold Path, which is a way of life embodying these virtues:

Right Understanding

Right Intention

Right Speech

Right Action

Right Livelihood

Right Effort

Right Mindfulness

Right Concentration

The Buddha taught that developing the virtues of
the Fourth Noble Truth is the key to happiness.

THE FILM

After being convicted of road rage, playboy movie star Aaron Redmond is sentenced to individual meditation lessons with a Buddhist meditation teacher named Rachel who frowns upon his bad boy lifestyle. In each of their encounters, Rachel teaches Aaron one essential truth, and avoids his patterned flirtations. But soon their mutual attraction forces both Aaron and Rachel to rethink their life choices, or risk losing love.